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Can Steve Hilton save California?
United States

Can Steve Hilton save California?

Published by UnHerd (14th June, 2025)

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Russia / Ukraine / United States

Lasting peace remains a distant hope

Published by The i paper (12th May, 2025)

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India / Pakistan

Closer to calamity: dangerous rivalries simmer once again

Published by The i paper (8th May, 2025) Six years ago, Mike Pompeo was serving as secretary of state in Donald Trump’s first administration when he was woken […]

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United States

History will not be kind to Trump’s shameful sycophants

Published by The i paper (1st May, 2025) Barely two weeks after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, a Republican congresswoman called Anna Paulina Luna put forward […]

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My escape from China’s gulags after forced marriage to save my mother
China / Feature

My escape from China’s gulags after forced marriage to save my mother

Published by The Daily Mail (24th April, 2024) For brides around the world, their wedding day is meant to be a magic moment, often filled with family, friends […]

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Is the sun setting on tourism to the US?
Business / Economics / United States

Is the sun setting on tourism to the US?

Published by The i paper (21st April, 2025) Route 66, cutting through the heart of the United States from Illinois to California, offers drivers one of the world’s […]

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Business / China / World

Ministers must rein in the vultures

Published by The i paper (14th April, 2025) The emergency rescue of British Steel is a significant moment for this government, highlighted by the first Saturday sitting of […]

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Aid / Economics / World

Trump signals the end of globalisation

Published by The i paper (7th April, 2025) I am writing these words on a computer that was made in China for an American company. Later, I will […]

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Canada / Politics / United States

Trump is shattering the political right

Published by The i paper (31st March, 2025) There is not much to celebrate looking around the world today, seeing the continuing bloodshed in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan through […]

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The judge who could save democracy
United States / World

The judge who could save democracy

Published by The i paper (24th March, 2025) It is hard to think of many people less likely to be a “rogue activist” engaged in far-left attempts to […]

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‘Do we need nuclear arms and conscription?’ How some Canadians now fear a US invasion
Canada / United States

‘Do we need nuclear arms and conscription?’ How some Canadians now fear a US invasion

Published by The i paper (13th March, 2025) The comedian Robin Williams used to say that Canadians were the kindest people in the world but had the misfortune to […]

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Welcome to the Divided States of America
United States

Welcome to the Divided States of America

Published by The i paper (5th March, 2025) It does not take long to find the United States fissures exposed by their President. Outside a supermarket, an elderly […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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